Job Opportunities at PropCom Mai-Karfi

Propcom Mai-karfi, a six-year project working to improve the livelihoods of Nigeria’s rural poor through targeted market initiatives, is seeking a high- performing, results-oriented professional to serve as Market Section Manager.

Propcom Mai-karfi aims to increase incomes for 500,000 poor Nigerians, including 50% women, by enhancing employment opportunities and improving productivity in selected agricultural and other rural markets in northern Nigeria. Propcom Mai-karfi, which runs through December 2017, is managed by Palladium, in partnership with Technoserve, for the UK Department for International Development.

The Market Section Manager will supervise and lead a market section comprising a number of Intervention Managers. This team will oversee interventions in several target markets and identify further opportunities for the programme to pursue.

Responsibilities will include:

Providing overall strategic direction for the market sector and all interventions within the sector; monitoring and quality assuring all intervention guides and resulting outputs

Identifying new markets in order to contribute to the overall programme strategy and liaising with the senior management team on potential markets

Initiating and managing all market related value chain analysis ensuring study designs, contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards

Driving the stakeholder analysis of the selected commodity chains as well as identifying potential agents of change

Overseeing the implementation of all market interventions ensuring initiative is taken and setting work plans for the intervention

Identifying and establishing strategic partnerships within the market and playing a lead role in managing all established partnerships

Ensuring

Administrative guidance is followed for grants, MoUs, and general administration

Budgets are managed for the markets being supervised

Security guidelines are followed by all team members

Improving the performance of the team through mentoring and coaching

Ensuring good linkages with the Results Measurement team

Contributing to the overall leadership of the programme as part of the management team

Required Skills & Experience

A Master’s degree in a related discipline

Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

Experience and knowledge of the agricultural inputs market in Northern Nigeria is a definite advantage

Ability to develop well written, cohesive reports

Excellent analytical skills

Hausa is desirable

Willingness to travel domestically, especially to the north of Nigeria

Strong skills in business software (Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint)

Previous experience on M4P projects preferred

Team management experience

Evidence of the ability to form strong partnerships

Credibility within the business community

Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English

In return we offer:

A friendly and team-based working environment in Abuja

Opportunity to collaborate with national and international colleagues

Opportunity to make a vital contribution to an innovative Nigerian development programme

A competitive salary with benefits

The role is based in Abuja, although travel within northern Nigeria will be required.

Applications are encouraged from all those who can clearly demonstrate sound evidence of success in a business advisory or agricultural management role and a passion for development in Nigeria.

Please send your CV (maximum of three pages), full details referees and a 1 page covering letter outlining how your skills and competencies match the requirements of this post to: msmrecruit@propcommaikarfi.org

To apply, send CV (maximum of three pages), full details of their referees and a 1 page covering letter outlining how their skills and competencies match the requirements of the post they are applying for to: driver@propcommaikarfi.org

The Results Measurement Specialist will support the Results Measurement team on research, analyses and reporting. The incumbent will commission initiatives with contract agents, ensuring proper use of research fools and methods, and assist with research design and analyses.

Responsibilities will include:

Ensure that evidence of background research, analysis for markets and assumptions exist, and are used in a relevant manner,

Support market teams in developing measurement plans for markets which follow good research practices with documented outcomes,

Ensure that proper documentation is maintained and updated regularly for specific markets in relation to the intervention guides, market strategy papers, and impact assessment reports,

All monitoring and impact assessment is carried out in a manner that allows gender disaggregation.

Provide feedback on various reports and data analyses done from various studies to facilitate the production of internal progress reports as well as contribute to overall programme reports to the donor,

Support specific research initiatives and consequently implement RM strategies for specific themes such as poverty, gender, climate and environment, etc. as required,

Provide weekly updates and plans to the RM Manager.

Required Skills & Experience

A degree or similar qualification in Statistics, Economics or any other social science

Experience in designing, managing and implementing research projects

Experience in business development and project management

Experience in the development of surveys and data collection instruments for monitoring programmes

Previous data analysis experience using Microsoft Excel and any other data analysis tool

Previous experience using the M4P approach would be advantageous

Knowledge of the institutions and organizations and/or businesses which provide services to the agricultural sector in Nigeria

Experience or knowledge of northern Nigerian agricultural markets

To apply, send CV (maximum of three pages), full details of their referees and a 1 page covering letter outlining how their skills and competencies match the requirements of the post they are applying for to: rmrecruit@propcommaikarfi.org

Work with the Results Measurement team to design appropriate tools for monitoring the progress of interventions within the market sectors. Liaise with the RM team to design tools and conduct impact assessments for programme interventions,

Opportunity to make a vital contribution to an innovative Nigerian development programme

The opportunity to truly “make a difference”

A competitive salary with benefits

Please send your CV (maximum of three pages), full details of your referees and a 1 page covering letter outlining how your skills and competencies match the requirements of this post to: imrecruit@propcommaikarfi.org

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